- The electoral system favors the main parties disproportionately.
- Juip, TLP, JIP surreated despite the participation of votes.
- MQM-P gets more seats than its vote percentage.
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) and the parliamentarians of the Peoples Party (PPPP) secured a significantly higher number of assembly seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh compared to their percentage of votes, The news He informed the free and fair electoral network (Fafen) on Sunday.
Similarly, the Pakistan-Nawaz Muslim League (PML-N) also obtained more seats than its participation in Punjab, courtesy of the first-step system (FPTP) selects a winner based on who receives the largest number of votes among the candidates .
In contrast, Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam Pakistan, Fazl (JUI-F), received a higher percentage of votes in KP, but failed to ensure a proportional number of seats. According to a Fafen report, Jui-F occupied second place in KP with 1,269,230 votes (15%), but managed to win only seven seats from the Provincial Assembly (6%).
In comparison, the candidates for the Provincial Assembly of the PTI in KP obtained 3,093,306 votes (38%) but won 85 seats from the Provincial Assembly (75%), which demonstrates significant disparity. Similarly, in Sindh, PPPP received 5,228,678 votes (46%) but obtained 85 provincial seats (65%), the Fafen report stands out.
While, in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi-Pakistan (MQM-P) movement also obtained a greater proportion of seats compared to its votes. He received 905,992 (8%) votes from the Provincial Assembly and pocketed 28 seats from the Provincial Assembly (22%).
In Punjab, the PTI obtained 11,272,578 (31%) votes of the Provincial Assembly. The party won 109 (37%) seats of the Provincial Assembly. While PML-N received 11,515,206 (32%) votes of the Provincial Assembly and obtained 139 (47%) seats from the Provincial Assembly.
In Baluchistan, the JUI-F is the main party in terms of the participation of the votes of the Provincial Assembly of 400,072 (18%) and nine (18%) seats of the Provincial Assembly. Mainly, in contrast to the three main games, except for the MQM-P, several other games together with Jui-F obtained a much more significant participation that did not translate into seats.
Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the fourth largest game, did not get any NA seat for its 2,918,086 (5%) votes and won only one position in the Punjab assembly for its 3,047,019 (5%) votes of the Provincial Assembly. The JUI-F, which is the fifth largest party in general, said six seats of the National Assembly for its 2,292,355 (4%) votes of NA and 16 seats of the Provincial Assembly for its 2,286,546 (4%) provincial votes.
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI), the sixth largest game in general, received 1,345,371 (2%) Na votes but did not win any writing in the lower house. The party won three seats from the Provincial Assembly (two in Sindh and one in Baluchistan) for a general provincial vote of 1,739,774 (3%) votes.
Explaining reasons about these discrepancies in the part of votes and seats insured in Provincial Assemblies, Saud Saud, the Research and Learning Team of the FAFEN team said: “Two main factors: the electoral system and local electoral dynamics, can explain the discrepancy Among the participation of a party by action of a party of votes and seats. ”
“The first -step system (FPPP) selects a winner based on who receives the largest number of votes among the candidates, without considering the proportion of votes totally surveyed or registered in a constituency or if other candidates obtain collectively more votes more than the winner .
“Since the FPTP system only requires that the candidate with most votes wins, candidates frequently go to their campaigns to obtain sufficient support from specific local groups and communities to ensure victory, instead of trying to involve everyone voters within their constituency.
“When the general results are analyzed, the discrepancies in the actions of the votes of votes and seats that arise from these two factors become increasingly significant and notable,” Saud added.
